[Hillsborough] Wednesday August 23d 1775
Resolved, That his honor the President,2 Mr. [Cornelius] Harnett, Mr. [Richard] Caswell, Mr. [Joseph] Hewes, Mr. [Abner] Nash, Mr. Willie Jones, and Mr. [Samuel] Young be a Committee of Secrecy, for the purpose of procuring Arms and Ammunition, and to report to this Congress what sums of money will be necessary for that purpose.
1. Saunders, ed., Records of North Carolina, X, 173.
2. Samuel Johnston. The Provincial Congress opened its sessions on Aug. 20, 1775, and adjourned, Sept. 10, 1775.
